Thursday, 13 July 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to relax or amend the regulations relating to the introduction of bus franchising by non-mayoral combined authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government plans to take to support the introduction of bus franchising in non-mayoral combined authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the trend in the number of specialist road traffic officers since 2015; and what steps his Department is taking to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on the proposed changes to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Order.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Network Rail on the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme works.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with (i) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (ii) officials of HM...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Network Rail on noise and vibration pollution caused by certain types of freight wagons in use on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of Network Rail's re-planning of Control Period 5.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has conducted a cost-benefit analysis on proposals to build a community cycle path along the B4044 from Eynsham to Botley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made towards an outcome for the Southeastern franchise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the costs and benefits of rail franchising.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on the electrification of the Great Western main line.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the level of emissions from road transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the national speed limit on motorways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to make a decision on the new fleet for the Tyne and Wear Metro.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to make a decision on the Crossrail 2 business case; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Jewish places of worship from each denomination had applied for funding under the Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme by 1...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of reported thefts of tools from trades vehicles has resulted in a prosecution in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle provision of terrorist and extremist propaganda through social media, the internet and other...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police and crime commissioners have used the full two per cent council tax precept in each financial year since 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Psychoactive Substances Act.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) reports, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there have been for drive-off forecourt fuel theft in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her response to the letter of 20 June 2017 she received from the Metropolitan Police Commissioner on police resources;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have (a) made applications to her Department for additional funding and (b) been granted funding from the Police...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish, for each fire and rescue service in England, the number of fire and rescue service officers who have been dedicated to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for permanent residence are processed each day by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of days sickness absence for police officers in each force in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of the police effort in response to the Manchester terrorist attack funded by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many technical inspectors were employed by each fire authority in each year since 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to help the public to protect themselves against the threat of cyber-crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times each police force has declared a critical incident due to the volume of calls it is receiving in each year from 2010 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2017 to Question 1480, on human trafficking, if she will place in the Library a copy of the data used by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of settlement visa application cases for which a 10-day priority service has been paid for a decision has been made...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were transported to a place of safety under the Mental Health Act 1983 by (a) ambulance and (b) police vehicle in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she plans to respond to the recommendation of the Police Pay Review Body for 2017-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 6 of her Department's policy paper, Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK withdrawing from Euratom on energy production in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps his Department has taken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has had from Ofgem on the timescale for the (a) publication of measures to protect vulnerable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the automotive manufacturing industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support the British automotive industry after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the adequacy of the length of maternity and paternity leave of parents who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met with representatives of the Spanish Government to discuss incursions into Gibraltarian waters by Spanish vessels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effect on British citizens resident in Ascension Island of the delayed commencement of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of India on behalf of the six ex-Army personnel being held in Chennai Jail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in El Salvador on potential reform of abortion laws in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterparts in the Bahrain Government on the treatment of (a) Ebtisam Al-Sayegh...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to commence reporting on UK steel content in relation to procurement by Government Departments.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral contribution of 5 July 2017, Official Report, column 1151, how many of the 2394 alleged cases of electoral fraud since 2010...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of public procurement placed with small and medium-sized businesses in (i) Oxford city,...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of public procurement spent by the Government placed with small and medium-sized firms...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) women and (b) men working in Arfon constituency earn less than the national living wage.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of household debt in (a) Arfon constituency and (b) Wales in each year since 2010.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people working in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK earn less than £10 per hour.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 2304, tabled by the hon. Member for Croydon North on 30 June 2017.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people, broken down by age, with severe combined immunodeficiency disorder have died from that condition in each year since 2010.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many overseas students were in the UK on 1 June 2017; and how many such students there were by country of origin.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make an assessment on the effect on the Fairtrade scheme of the decision of Sainsbury's and other retailers to withdraw...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to help other Departments spending resources on aid achieve good or very good ratings under the international...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will ensure that any changes to the OECD Development Assistance Committee rules are proposed on the basis of increasing the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will ensure that spending on aid by all Government Departments conforms to the International Development Act 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is interest in and take-up from the Small Charities Challenge Fund from charities in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will discuss with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government the potential merits of using the business rates mailer to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase resources for identifying and supporting people in further education who have a mental health condition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many women born in the 1950s and affected by the change in the state pension age have (a) taken up and (b) completed apprenticeships.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many women born in the 1950s and affected by the change in the state pension age have successfully taken part in the returner's scheme to return...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate students studying in the UK are of Cuban nationality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 27 March 2017 to Question 68496, on class sizes: York, if she will publish the same data for Hull in each year since 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of her Department's budget allocated to 16 to 19-year old education was reallocated to other budgets in the financial years (a) 2014-15, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to change regulations covering insurance claims for whiplash.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether convicted prisoners from non-UK EU member states will be repatriated after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he last met Mr Justice McCloskey to discuss delays in immigration tribunals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff have left or agreed settlements to leave his Department under (a) voluntary exit, (b) voluntary redundancy and (c) compulsory redundancy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders charged with possession of an offensive weapon received non-custodial sentences in each of the last three years; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to increase the availability of legal aid in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the (a) direct resource expenditure and (b) overall resource expenditure for Feltham Young Offenders Institution between 2011 and 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the report by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons published on 30 June 2017 following an unannounced inspection of Feltham...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff and officers were employed at Feltham Young Offenders Institution between 2011 and 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many County Court Judgments were issued for non-payment of private parking prosecutions in each of the last 12 months; and how many of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the number of (a) directly employed staff and (b) people employed in support of Hindley Prison is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restricted patients' discharge procedures were awaiting approval by his Department in each of the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure consistency in sentencing criminal landlords for housing-related offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with Commonwealth trade ministers on (a) imports from Commonwealth countries to the UK and (b) exports from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US Administration on trade in meat products between the US and the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of the Government's participation in the recent legal action brought by the Campaign Against Arms Trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the benefits of and opportunities for trade and investment are shared across the regions and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps his Department has taken to use 2011 census...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations have been made to his Department by NATO on the alliance procuring encryption capability from the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff have left or agreed settlements to leave his Department under (a) voluntary exit, (b) voluntary redundancy and (c) compulsory redundancy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many successful prosecutions there have been for unauthorised entries to military bases in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many unauthorised entries to military bases have been recorded in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many unauthorised entries under the provisions of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 have been recorded at (a) AWE Aldermaston, (b) AWE...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to visit cadet detachments in Northern Ireland in the current calendar year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the Health and Safety Executive's website is updated to include the safety record of helicopters in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made regarding factual inaccuracies in employment and support allowance and personal independent payment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many notifications the Health and Safety Executive has received on health and safety matters related to multi-storey buildings in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) chartered structural engineers and (b) fire engineers with expertise in cladding and external wall systems are employed by each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the role of the Health and Safety Executive is in relation to ensuring the safe installation of cladding and external wall insulation systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) received employment and support allowance for inflammatory bowel disease in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants with motor neurone disease are in (a) the work related activity group and (b) support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure employment and support allowance and personal independence payment assessments take greater...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) received personal independence payments support from his Department related to inflammatory bowel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend assessment rate payments to claimants of employment and support allowance who are waiting for the outcome of a mandatory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have left or agreed settlements to leave his Department under (a) voluntary exit, (b) voluntary redundancy and (c) compulsory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of health capability assessments for claimants of employment and support allowance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the performance of PIP assessors is monitored.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is by region to complete mandatory reconsiderations of employment and support allowance claims.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent in 2016-17 on processing jobseeker's allowance claims that were subsequently withdrawn following mandatory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in England are Disability Confident.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of disability benefit claims his Department asks a claimant's doctor for medical evidence directly rather than seeking that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the time of directors of the Benefits and Pensions Digital Technology Services Limited (BPDTS) is spent as (a) employees of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed closure of a number of jobcentres in the North West on travelling time and distance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of his Department's processing and contact centre in Bootle Linacre on the response...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people with mental or physical health problems living in supported housing will be exempt from the local housing allowance rate cap...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the optimum number of universal credit claimants for the caseload of a work coach in a (a) live...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the roll-out of the universal credit full digital service to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 1 March 2016 to Question 27621, what guidance his Department provides to its staff on proactively making...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of women in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to compile information on the number of Motability vehicles which have been recalled in England between (a) January to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps his Department has taken to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost of installing sprinkler systems in (a) new build domestic homes, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether representations were made to his Department by representatives of the Building Research Establishment in 2016 on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter of 28 March 2013 from Judge Kirkham to the then Secretary of State for Communities and Local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2017 to Question 68793, on help to buy scheme: leasehold, what his Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2017 to Question 737, if he will make it his policy to require all Local Enterprise...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on fire safety in London after the repeal in 2013 of sections 20 and 21...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role building control officers have in relation to inspecting the installation of external wall insulation or cladding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have entered into confidentiality settlement agreements with providers, suppliers or installers after...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of local government on the 100 per cent business...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the safe installation of cladding or external wall insulation on high-rise buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has had from (a) local authorities, (b) local councillors and (c) others on the 100 per...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he will bring forward consultation on leasehold reform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of regional variations in business rate income across local authorities; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to tackle regional variations in adult social care funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that leasehold management companies meet their contractual obligations to tenants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce regulations on the level of maintenance fees borne by leaseholders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his oral contribution of 5 July 2017, Official Report, column 1156, on revenue-raising powers for mayors, who will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his oral contribution of 26 June 2017, Official Report, column 348, if he will list the 15 buildings that are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many disabled people have waited for longer than six months for adaptions to their home funded by Disability Facilities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to increase funding for the Disabled Facilities Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many disabled people are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time by local authorities in England.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to remove the 10-year restriction on the community use of facilities partly or wholly funded by the Education and Skills...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps his Department has taken to use 2011 census classifications,...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the Barnett consequential the Welsh Assembly will receive with the implementation of the National Road Fund.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2017 to Question 2292, whether he plans to publish the results of the research on foreign exchange (a) separately from the...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the number and value of contracts awarded by his Department was to Deloitte in each year since 2010.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent rise in consumer price index on household savings.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast he has mad of the change in the level of real-terms pay for the 2017-18 financial year.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the employment status service tool on HM Revenue and Customs' website has been used since its public beta launch; and what proportion of that...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the public sector pay gap on the average levels of household pay in the last five years.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of tax relief paid by higher rate taxpayers who had contributed to their pensions in that year was in the most recent year for which...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has (a) completed or (b) extended the phased exit from the Aspire contract.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what date he expects HM Revenue and Customs to have concluded its investigation into Hermes.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received from the Welsh Government on the Circuit of Wales project.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contracts exist between HM Revenue and Customs and (a) KPMG, (b) Ernst & Young, (c) Deloitte and (d) PwC; and what the value is of each such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the number of European Medicines Agency employees resident in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the policy paper The United Kingdom's Exit from the European Union: Safeguarding the position of EU Citizens living...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Government's publication The United Kingdom's Exit from the European Union: Safeguarding the Position of EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to paragraph 35 of his Department's policy paper entitled, Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled, Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2017 to Question 239, on what dates he plans to release the list of sectors his Department has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to his Department's policy paper, Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to paragraph 6 of his Department's policy paper, Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the English language would cease to be an official language of the EU after the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to review the proxy vote process in Northern Ireland to reduce the risk of misuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve broadband connectivity in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she had with the BBC before the introduction of compulsory registration for BBC iPlayer services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage people to give to charities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken in response to the recommendations and findings of the report of the National Audit Office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 31 October 2016 to Question 50448, whether she has been presented with a list of patrons of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking in response to the feedback obtained from the Giving Roundtables held in 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many places have been provided on the Small Charities Fundraising Training Programme in (a) 2106 and (b) 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Office for Civil Society has conducted an analysis of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on charities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the Advisory Group on socially themed investments announced on 6 December 2016 to provide its initial findings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she last met an editor or proprietor of a national newspaper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps her Department has taken to use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) financial and (b) other steps she is taking to help protect businesses from future cyber threats; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with social media companies on the adoption of a consistent approach to reporting and removing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the findings of the Fixed Odds Betting Terminals All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Review of Stakes and Prizes will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the fitness for purpose of age certification for videogames.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the penalties for (a) parents or guardians and (b) retailers who knowingly provide videogames...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with BT and Openreach on the location of unlit fibre and ducting laid across the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with BT and Openreach on pilot projects to utilise fibre laid above ground via...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on the potential benefits for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to re-join Eurimages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure the UK's continued participation in the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committees on (a) live...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the travelling of orchestras and orchestral performers of new visa...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the performing arts industry on diversity and social mobility of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the document circulated to NHS officials in London on 25 May 2017 on the effect of the capped expenditure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the set up costs were of the NHS Intelligent Client Coordinator project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to introduce legislation relating to health policy during this Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2017 to Question 681, if he will list all clinical commissioning groups that are subject to the capped expenditure process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to prevent discrimination against whistle-blowers when they seek employment with NHS Employers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Health Education England will publish its report on the future shape and skills mix of the cancer workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-UK EU citizens work in the NHS in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-UK EU citizens who were working in the NHS have left the UK since 23 June 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of interventional neuroradiologists in England; and whether he plans to increase that number.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the announcement by NHS England of 11 April 2017 on mechanical thrombectomy, what estimate he has made of the savings in long-term...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the NHS England review on ending prescriptions for certain items that can be purchased over the counter, (a) which items are being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps his Department has taken to use 2011 census...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on eliminating out-of-area placements for mental health patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the proportion of children under the age of two who have visited an NHS dentist in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of BAME organ donors and longer transplant waiting times for patients from those backgrounds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure safe staffing levels are maintained in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff have left or agreed settlements to leave his Department under (a) voluntary exit, (b) voluntary redundancy and (c) compulsory redundancy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the provision of specialised nursing care for people with secondary breast cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to review the medical exemption criteria for prescription charges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on the investigation into maternity services at the Countess of Chester hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to publish a carers strategy; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the recommendations in the Government Response to the Review of Choice in End of Life Care will be implemented by 2020; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the level of prescription of psychiatric drugs to children and young people in each year from 2000 to 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will respond to the recommendations made by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in its Concluding Observations on the fifth periodic report...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2017 to Question 1450, on organ donors, if he will review that strategy to ensure it meets the target to achieve a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instigate a national review of referral-to-treatment data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have died while on a waiting list for (a) heart surgery and (b) neurosurgery in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of specialist nurses for inflammatory bowel disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inflammatory bowel disease specialist nurses have been employed by the NHS in Leeds in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has carried out to ensure that the proposed £1,000 financial assistance offered to GP practices which accept the full...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the Carr-Hill funding formula for GP practices with atypical populations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of increased service charges on GP surgeries which lease their buildings from NHS Property Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the leaders of the (a) review of neonatal services and (b) Maternity Transformation Programme to ensure that their work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the remit is of the review of neonatal services; and whether that remit includes the tariff for (a) neonatal and (b) transitional care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to introduce mandatory screening for severe combined immunodeficiency disorder at birth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to (a) publicise adolescent mental health issues on the internet and (b) support the prevention of adolescent mental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis the deadline of October 2017 has been set for GP surgeries to agree full repairing leases with NHS Property Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he had on his visit to Houston, Texas in February 2017; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost to the public purse was of those meetings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many officials in his Department received a performance-related pay bonus and (b) what the cost of those bonuses was to the public purse in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to renew the NHS Outcomes Framework for 2017-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many healthcare assistants were employed by the NHS in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has received representations from members of the public on the future of Professor Malone Lee's Urology Clinic at the Whittington Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union making available funds no longer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he is making on implementing NHS sustainability and transformation plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the full list of NHS estates under consideration for sale under the recommendations of the Naylor Review, the estimated value of each...
Her Majesty's Government which agencies failed to report statistics on road casualties to the Department for Transport in time for the scheduled publication of Reported Road Casualties for...
Her Majesty's Government what assessment have they made of the role of business in reviving high streets.
Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to produce a new Energy White Paper.
Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to bring forward legislation to (1) treat non-fracking drilling as permitted development, (2) make major shale planning decisions the responsibility...
Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their new Emissions Reduction Plan.
Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to authorise a moratorium on fracking in England until all available evidence relating to its environmental, economic and social impacts has been...
Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 14 February (HL5241), whether the Consumer Green Paper has been published.
Her Majesty's Government, further to the Budget Statement on 8 March, and in the light of the Grenfell Tower fire, when they will publish the green paper on protecting consumers; and how they...
Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the Steering Group set up following the Government's Response to the independent review by Lynn Faulds Wood, UK consumer product recall,...
Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of construction aggregates that derive from recycled sources; and what assessment they have made of the scope for increasing this...
Her Majesty's Government whether they intend that the UK will continue to have access to the Internal Market Information System database.
Her Majesty's Government how many companies and LLPs fulfil the criteria for a "qualifying company" under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 No. 395, and will...
Her Majesty's Government what evidence qualifying companies and LLPs will be required to provide to support their reporting under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations...
Her Majesty's Government what are their plans for identifying and investigating misleading, false or deceptive reporting of payment practices and performance by qualifying companies and LLPs as...
Her Majesty's Government what are the (1) minimum and (2) maximum level of fines that will be applicable for the reporting of misleading, false or deceptive payment practices and performance as...
Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to assess the impact of the Cabinet Office Cutting Red Tape programme on building safety; if so, what those plans are; and if not, whether they...
Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the Grenfell Tower disaster, what plans they have to review their one-in, two-out policy for new regulations.
Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of the total reduction in regulatory costs on business since 2015 that has resulted from the introduction of the 5p charge on...
Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the total reduction in regulatory costs on business since 2015; and what is their estimate of the total reduction expected by 2020.
Her Majesty's Government what are the individual budgets agreed between the Better Regulation Executive and Government departments with regulatory responsibility; and what progress has been made...
Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.
Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.
Her Majesty's Government whether they will encourage the United Nations to set up more Human Rights Advisory Panels to investigate alleged violations of human rights by UN personnel.
Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work of the UN Mission in South Sudan during the July 2016 conflict in Juba; and whether the mission has sufficient capacity and...
Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the claims included in a press release issued by Amnesty International on 4 July concerning (1) forcible displacement in the Equatorial...
Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that (1) civilians in the Equatorial region of South Sudan are protected under international law, (2) those on all sides responsible...
Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the peace accord between the government of the Central African Republic and 13 armed groups, signed in Rome on 19 June.
Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they have made to ensure that UK deployments in Somalia and South Sudan are fully committed to people-centred peacekeeping and robust implementation of...
Her Majesty's Government whether, in response to invitations from the government of the Kingdom of Bahrain, they are providing any training or assistance for that government; and, if so, in what...
Her Majesty's Government whether they have been invited by the government of the Kingdom of Bahrain to provide support and training to improve the administration and conditions of prisons in Bahrain.
The Senior Deputy Speaker how much financial support ("Cranborne money") has been allocated to each political party for the 2017–18 financial year.
Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the success of the Department for International Development's Health Partnership Scheme.
Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to replace the Department for International Development's Health Partnership Scheme; and if so, when the new scheme will start.
Her Majesty's Government whether health alliances, such as the Uganda UK Health Alliance and the Zambia UK Health Workforce Alliance, will be covered by any new Health Partnership Scheme.
Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure the continuation of existing health partnerships during the period before the commencement of any new Health Partnership Scheme.
Her Majesty's Government what is the average total cost to (1) local authorities, (2) health authorities, (3) local education authorities, and (4) the courts, of prosecuting an unfounded case of...
Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D–Day in 2019.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether the additional cost of £70 to £80 per annum, at 2011 prices and based on a 50 per cent probability of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Rural Payments Agency expects to complete Basic Payment Scheme payments to qualifying farmers during the payments window ending in June 2016.
Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage local authorities to consider washing their high streets and shopping parades on a regular basis, in addition to sweeping and other...
Her Majesty's Government what protections are in place to safeguard wetlands from the effects of dredging.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements they have in place to publish the details of police, law enforcement specialists and other relevant civilian experts in service in UN...
Her Majesty's Government how many police officers were deployed in Wales (1) in 2010, and (2) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
Her Majesty's Government how many safer neighbourhood teams have been operational in England and Wales in each year since they were first introduced.
Her Majesty's Government how many Nepalese students applied to undertake further education in the UK in the last two years for which figures are available, and how many were accepted.
Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 23 December 2016 (HL4133), whether the College of Policing's authorised professional practice on media...
Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to bring forward proposals to “ensure that foreign ownership of companies controlling important infrastructure does not undermine British...
Her Majesty's Government how many Special Constables there are in each police force in England and Wales.
Her Majesty's Government how many people, who at the time of issue of their National Insurance number were recorded as being of (1) Romanian nationality, and (2) Bulgarian nationality,...
Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham concerning an English Parliament (HL4548) whether they will explain why an English Parliament would detract from a strong...
Her Majesty's Government whether they have a strategy for the outsourcing of services; and, if so, whether they plan to alter this strategy as a result of Brexit.
Her Majesty's Government which companies are currently contracted to provide outsourced consultancy services by each Government department and to state, for each company listed, (1) the country...
Her Majesty's Government what was the size of the Privy Council on 1 July 2017.
Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bridges of Headley on 27 June 2016 (HL662), whether they intend to prioritise the establishment of honorary titles for...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 12 October 2015 (HL1940), what plans they have to commission or financially to support further...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 17 November 2015 (HL3315), why the Executive Summary of the report by Public Health England Water...
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